Documents Awareness - Knowledge
logo
ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS

HCM City targets treating 90% of discharged water

20 June 2018 | 03:22:00 PM

HCM City has set a target of treating 90 per cent discharged water into rivers and canals by 2020.



 

 

HCM City has set a target of treating 90 per cent discharged water into rivers and canals by 2020.
Photo congnghexulynuocmet.com.vn

 

 


 

 

The city’s total daily wastewater, including wastewater from industrial parks as well as in residents, amounts to 1,750,000 cubic metres.


HCM City can treat 420,000 cubic metres of wastewater per day, accounting for 24 per cent of the city’s daily wastewater.

To meet this target, city authorities said they would set up 24 automatic water quality monitoring systems along the Sài Gòn – Đồng Nai River.

Most of the water in rivers and canals met city norms, expect the amount of dissolved oxygen and coliform, according to the water quality report in the first quarter.

Factories and industrial parks which discharge over 1,000 cubic metres of wastewater a day must set up automatic measuring stations directly linked to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

The city plans to continue monitoring all wastewater treatment systems at industrial parks, processing zones, high-tech parks and industrial clusters.

By 2020, it targets collection and treatment of all industrial and medical liquid wastes and 90 per cent of industrial fumes.

It also aims to reduce surface water pollution by 90 per cent and air pollution by 70 per cent in comparison with 2011.

(VNS)

Views: 1988

Other news

Thanh Hoa residents fear losing farmland to riverbank erosion

(29/06/2025 07:56:AM )

Vietnam cuts smoking rate thanks to strong political commitment

(26/06/2025 06:53:AM )

Hanoi pioneers modern environmental sanitation technology

(22/06/2025 06:52:AM )

Hoi An develops creative youth spaces for sustainable urban future.

(20/06/2025 06:47:AM )

Vietnam launches first-ever cruise tour for travelers from Phu My Port

(14/06/2025 08:00:AM )

Climate change heightens risk of Indian farmer suicides

(10/06/2025 08:14:AM )

Tens of thousands of supplement boxes dumped in HCM City

(07/06/2025 08:32:AM )

Northern region faces new widespread heatwave spell

(06/06/2025 07:00:AM )

Hanoi struggles with scorching heat

(03/06/2025 06:58:AM )

VIDEO

Environmental Sustainability - we have choices

See more

ENVIRONMENT BRAND

UPCOMING EVENTS
The project that won the First Prize in the...

(VACNE, 17/6/2025) - The topic: “Artificial Wood Production from Straw” by the group of contestants Straw Wood, from Tra Vinh University, has just won the championship of the GVB Prize Startup Competition 2025 in London (United Kingdom) on June 15, 2025.

See more
The first Green Cypress to be recognized...

(VACNE) – These are 2 green cypress trees more than 300 years old with chemical name Calocedrus macrolepis Kurz solemnly held by Ba Vi National Park Management Board to announce the decision of Vietnam Heritage Tree on the morning of February 27, 2024.

See more
Some pictures of the ceremony to recognize...

(VACNE) – N(VACNE) – Authorities, mass organizations and local communities solemnly received the Certificate of Recognition of Vietnamese Heritage Trees for two majestic Sanh trees (nearly 30 meters high, more than 200 years old) in Trieu Phu communal house, in zone 7, Hung Son town, Lam Thao district, Phu Tho province on April 22, 2023 on the occasion of Hung King's death anniversary.

See more
Media contributes to the success of the international...

(VACNE) - On March 21, 2022, the Organizing Committee of the International workshop "The Effects of Environmental Pollution on Biodiversity and Human Health" had a meeting, chaired by Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Sinh - VACNE President

See more
ADB finances climate resilience infrastructure...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $60 million financing package to improve the climate resilience of transport and water supply infrastructure in Vietnam’s south-central coastal provinces of Binh Dinh and Quang Nam, especially in remote upland districts with large ethnic minority communities.

See more
PHOTO GALLERY